Fort Gibbon

In response to reports of lawlessness in Alaska during the Klondike Gold Rush, six forts were built in the territory at the end of the 19th century.

Fort Gibbon was able to monitor trade along the Yukon and Tanana rivers and restore order among the gold rush miners and the Natives.

However a new purpose for Fort Gibbon developed with the creation of the Washington-Alaska Military Cable and Telegraph System (WAMCATS).

Construction of the WAMCATS telegraph line began in 1903 and eventually connected the Territory of Alaska with the contiguous United States via an underwater cable.

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